INTRODUCTION. 9 



Vignes Americaines : Adaptation, Culture, Greffage, Pep- 

 inieres." We therefore deemed it advisable to translate the 

 second edition of their book, which appeared in 1896. 



Professor Viala authorized the translation, and with great 

 kindness undertook the laborious revision of the whole of the 

 proof sheets, thus bringing the work to date 1902. 



We trust Californian Viticulturists will thoroughly appre- 

 ciate Professor Viala's liberal-minded labours on their behalf, 

 and benefit by the work he so willingly undertook for their 

 guidance during the transition period through which all 

 vine-growing countries seem compelled to pass of re-estab- 

 lishing on a phylloxera-resistant basis. 



EDMUND H. TWIGHT, RAYMOND DUBOIS, 



Berkeley, Jan., 1903. Cape Town, Jan., 1903. 



U. S. A. 



